Vacherin
noun
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Definitions
Noun
- 1 A soft cow's-milk cheese from France and Switzerland. countable, uncountable
"After all, the lure of endless, sensual evil is as nothing compared to a good, spoonable Vacherin."
- 2 A cake-shaped dessert made of an almond paste shell filled with (non-frozen) double cream and topped with whipped cream. countable, dated
- 3 Ellipsis of vacherin glacé. abbreviation, alt-of, countable, ellipsis
Synonyms
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More examples"After all, the lure of endless, sensual evil is as nothing compared to a good, spoonable Vacherin."
Etymology
Borrowed from French vacherin, from Franco-Provençal [Term?]. The dessert was likely named for its resemblance to the round shape of vacherin cheese wheels.